Topsy: Good Bye, Gentle Search Engine
December 18, 2015
I used Topsy as a way to search certain social content. No more. The service, she be dead.
The money constrained Apple has shut down the public Topsy search system. “Social Analytics Firm Topsy Shut Down by Apple Two Years After Purchase.”
If you want a recommendation for an alternative, sorry, I don’t have one. There are some solutions that are not free to the general public. The gateways to social media content require money and a bit of effort. If you cannot search content, maybe the content does not exist? That’s a comforting thought unless one knows that the content is available, just not searchable by a person with an Internet connection in a public library, at home, or from the local Apple store.
Stephen E Arnold, December 21, 2015
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